Porridge with side dishes

Porridge with side dishes

I suddenly remembered that I haven’t eaten my favorite porridge for a long time.

In my mind, rice porridge and porridge seem to be the same thing, but the elegant and popular names are different, just like the names of toilet and washroom. But this is where I went to school - Chengdu. There seems to be a little difference.

Porridge is porridge cooked with white rice, or very thin rice. Porridge is made of different styles and ingredients. For example, pumpkin porridge, black rice porridge, millet porridge... they all sound more advanced.

I'm not that particular. I still like to confuse the two.

I came to the school cafeteria and walked up to the second floor. I went to the long-lost window and ordered a black rice porridge. The porridge seller will always ask everyone who buys porridge, "Do you want some side dishes?" He uses a strong Sichuan accent and the intonation is very high, and the ending tone becomes long and long. The meaning is still not finished.

I said out of nowhere, yes. So he gave me an empty plate. I like this buffet selection.

I added bean curds, green vegetables, wolf-toothed potatoes, dried tofu, and shredded potatoes. A little bit of variety. They are all cold dishes.

The left hand holds the dishes and the right hand holds the porridge. I found an empty seat and sat down. Looking at the thin and large bean skin, which was glowing with off-white color, I stuffed it into my mouth in one bite. The taste is there, but it's a little colder. The hot tongue immediately shrank into a ball.

After swallowing the bean curd, I drank a spoonful of porridge. Warm, neither thin nor thick, with moderate viscosity. The deliciousness is undeniable, but the sweetness may be understated. Every bowl of porridge at this window is uniquely sweet.

I once questioned whether I bought too much candy in the canteen, and I was afraid that it would expire if I couldn't use it up, so I put so much sugar in it. Fortunately, I prefer sweets. The taste is on the strong side.

I remember that one day, on a warm afternoon before setting, I came to the cafeteria alone before dinner and ordered a bowl of black rice porridge. I took a few bites and found that it had no taste at all. I was a little surprised. After adding a spoonful of sugar, there was still no sweetness at all. I was dumbfounded at that time - loss of taste? That was my first thought. My mind went blank that day and I finished the bowl of porridge.

I ate a few raisins in the evening, which dispelled the rumor of "taste failure".

There are so many porridges, why do I prefer black rice porridge? It should be dark. In a bowl of porridge, I can often find a few red beans, which surprises me. It doesn't taste so monotonous.

Porridge with side dishes, one hot, one cold, one salty, one sweet. Positive and negative cancel each other out. The tongue stretches and contracts during this period.